How to Use competence in a Sentence

competence

noun

• He trusts in the competence of his doctor.
• Patel’s former colleagues from various points in his career have questioned his competence to lead the agency.
  — Tess Owen, WIRED, 2 Dec. 2024
• Your later years, however, will bring outsized returns thanks to your competence and good reputation.
  — Abdo Riani, Forbes, 8 June 2021
• Thomas speaks from the bench for the first time in nearly seven years by making a joke about the competence of Yale lawyers when compared to their Harvard colleagues.
  — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 13 June 2021
• Biden, in the middle of his eight-day, three-country trip abroad, flew overseas determined to demonstrate leadership on the world stage and, in turn, competence and command back home.
  — Washington Post, 13 June 2021
• The recommendation would be non-binding, as health is a competence of individual member states.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 3 Dec. 2024
• The theory presents the three basic needs of people as relatedness, competence and autonomy.
  — Katie Ervin, Forbes, 10 June 2021
• Both Ussery and Mann have had prior outbursts in court, have gone through a series of lawyers and spent months behind bars being evaluated or treated for their mental competence.
  — Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News, 26 May 2021
• While trust has a component of competence that can come from any pattern, trust in character and consistency centers on the Organizer pattern.
  — Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
• Stop automatically questioning the competence and credentials of people in the community who don't look like you.
  — Ashley Mateo, Health.com, 27 May 2021
• But what’s particularly striking about the production is the sheer dexterity of its technical competence.
  — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 17 June 2021
• The season will start with some faint glimmer of competence; maybe a record of 5-3.
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 7 Sep. 2022
• Where passion meets competence is where the rubber hits the road.
  — Emmett Lindner, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2022
• Virginia and Joy could go toe-to-toe in terms of competence and resolve.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2022
• The app shows its competence right from the start by using AI to find the best way to connect each account.
  — PCMAG, 30 July 2024
• If the Wizards don’t ask for Brown, the competence of their front office should be questioned.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2021
• That said, at this point my competence is much eroded by time.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 27 May 2023
• The competence gap grew wider in the Reagan years, and wider still when George W. Bush was president.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 3 May 2022
• So the world looked at that and wondered about the competence of the U.S. and the leadership capability of the U.S..
  — CBS News, 20 Apr. 2022
• These findings are not due to a lack of competence on the part of female economists.
  — Kim Elsesser, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
• After watching the pitch, the MBA students were asked to evaluate the quality of the pitch as well as the competence of the founder.
  — Kim Elsesser, Forbes, 6 June 2022
• The author’s French improves along with his competence at his job.
  — Benjamin Shull, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022
• Of course, a common thread in each of these stories is proven competence well beyond the levels of their peers.
  — Duane Cranston, Fortune, 9 May 2022
• The best way to address turnover is by having a hands on leader who sets a high standard of competence.
  — Samuel Stern, Sun Sentinel, 19 July 2024
• One of the demands of the suit was to declare that Ethiopian Airlines had no competence to bid for shares in Nigeria Air.
  — Alexander Onukwue, Quartz, 17 Nov. 2022
• Kamikawa isn’t the most charismatic figure, but she is praised for her competence and courage.
  — Ian Bremmer, TIME, 23 May 2024
• The act of putting it on penetrates your sense of confidence and competence.
  — Emily Listfield, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Apr. 2023
• Four months after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the war had eaten a hole in his myths of competence.
  — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022
• That’s why the July 30 election is less about vision and more about competence.
  — Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 8 July 2024
• Hecker’s case faced several delays following the indictment, with his mental competence to stand trial at issue due to a dementia diagnosis.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Dec 2024